Wayne County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (14 of 15 so headed), 1884

Daniel B. Barton, son of William and Lurana Barton, was born Sept. 22, 1837, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared on his father's farm, and educated in the common schools. He was married June 6, 1861, to Catharine E. Cox, born Noy. 30, 1844, and daughter of Jeremiah and Keturah (Hunt) Cox. They have had five children - Leona E., born July 24, 1862; William B., June 11, 1865; Evalena K., July 20, 1868; Elmira C., Dec. 31, 1870; Florence J. L., born July 29, 1876, l and died Jan. 15, 1877. Mr. Barton has followed farming through life, and his farm is the finest agricultural land on Middle Whitewater. He makes a specialty of raising fine stock and sheep. He and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. His great-grandfather, John Barton, was born in England, where he was married to a native of Scotland, and came to the United States in an early day. Our subject's grandfather, Edward Barton, was born Dec. 29, 1763, and was married in Maryland to Ann Harris. He was among the early settlers of Wayne Connty, and entered land in Franklin Township and followed farming till his death. He belonged to the Friends' society, and died in 1838. William Barton, subject's father, was born in Maryland, Oct. 1, 1807, and was quite young when his parents moved to Wayne County. He was married March 28, 1833, to Lurana Boswell, born in Wayne County in 1808. Of their seven children four sur- vive - Barnabas, Jane, Daniel B., Mary A. Those deceased are - Eliza A., Sarah and Ellen. Mr. Barton followed agricultural pursuits through life. He died May 5, 1877, and his wife died May 11, 1847. They were members of the Society of Friends.

John C. Boyd, lime manufacturer and farmer, was born in Wayne County, Ind., Sept. 29, 1822. He was reared on the home farm, and obtained a good common-school education. At the age of twenty years he began working at the trade of tanner and currier, and, in partnership with Isaac Cook, carried on a tannery northwest of Middleboro, Wayne County, seven years, the firm name being Cook & Boyd. They sold out in 1856 and purchased at Middleboro one of the best stone quarries in Eastern Indiana. They constructed the first patent kiln for burning lime in Indiana, and in 1560 Mr. Boyd and Amos Cook engaged in the manufacture cf lime at New Paris, Ohio. At the end of five years Mr. Boyd bought the entire business, and two years later sold a half interest to Henry R. Downing, of Richmond, with whom he was associated four years, when they sold to Smith Bros. Daring this time the firm of Cook & Boyd carried on the manufacture oflime, making annually 30,000 bushels, and the same quantity at New Paris, a total of 60,000 bushels of the best quality known, supplying Richmond, and shipping to various other points. He is also engaged in farming, owning a fine farm of over 160 acres, known as the "Spring Hill Farm." April 1, 1863, Mr. Boyd was married to Celia, daughter of Robert and Elvira Cox. They have four children - Linaes C., born Jan. 18, 1864, educated at Earlham College, and Terre Haute, Ind., now teaching at Bethel, Ind. ; Robert E., born June 8, 1866, and Elva E., born July 10, 1867, are attending Earlham College, and A. Orville, born March 2, 1872, at school near his home. Mrs. Boyd is a member of the Society of Orthodox Friends. Adam Boyd, father of our subject, was born in North Carolina, of Scotch descent. He was married in Wayne County, to Elizabeth, daughter of Amos Hawkins, who came to this county in 1806. Seven children were born to them - Alexander, Charity (deceased), John C., Henry, Jonathan D., Oliver and

Isaiah Branson was born Feb. 25, 1799, in Stafford County, Va., a son of Jacob and Rebecca (Holoway) Branson, the former of English and German, and the latter of English origin. When five years of age he moved with his parents to Belmont County, Ohio, and although so young when he left Virginia his convictions regarding the cruelty of slavery were formed, and in future years caused him to become a prominent actor in freeing the oppressed. He distinctly remembers two small slave children, who showed him their backs which were lacerated with the cowhide and the wounds filled with salt. He grew to manhood on his father's farm in Belmont County, obtaining his education at the subscription schools, but by perseverance he has become a very well educated man. He was married Aug. 25, 1828, to Sarah G., daughter of James and Susannah (Gould) Lawton, who were of English origin, and settled in Washington County, Ohio, in 1798. To them were born eight children - Elizabeth R., who graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College, died in 1878; she also practiced medicine at Boston, Mass., and at Lebanon, Ohio; James L., of Philadelphia, Pa.; Rebecca G., wife of Dr. E. B. Potter, of Paducah, Ky.; Susannah, wife of John H. Hill, of Trinity County, Texas; Jesse, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Martha resides at home with her parents; Phebe, deceased wife of John H. Hill, of Texas; Jacob, of Chester. At the time of his marriage Mr. Branson was engaged in the mercantile business, in Uniontown, Belmont Co., Ohio, and while there assisted a fugitive family to liberty, which caused him a law-suit of four years. He was successfully engaged in business in Uniontown from 1828 till 18381, and also at Flushing, Belmont County, from 1831 till 1837, when he retired from business on account of failing health. He purchased a farm and followed farming till 1852, when he sold out and moved to Wayne County, Ind., and resided on the Dr. Greer farm till 1859. He then traded his property for aresidence and business room in Richmond, remaining there till 1861, when he bought the desirable property near Chester, where he still lives, having retired from active busi- ness. Mr. Branson and wife hold to the doctrine of Friends' society, as their parents and forefathers. Politically he is a National. His parents were reared and married in Stafford County, Va. Their home in Belmont County was always a shelter for the fugitive slaves.

Seth Brown, second child of Asher and Esther (Jones) Brown, was born in Warren County, Ohio, in 1830. His grandfather, Asher Brown settled in Warren County, where our subject's father was born in 1806, and is still living there, and has followed agricultural pursuits through life. Our subject's mother was born in 1808 and is still living. They are the parents of three sons and two daughters. Seth was married in his native county, obtained a liberal education, and spent one winter at Earlham College, near Richmond, Ind. He was married in the spring of 1855, to Martha A., daughter of Harmon and Mary (Henley) Hill, of Richmond. They have three daughters - Emumna E., wife of Clark E. Lewis, of Saline County, Ill.; Annie M., teacher, and Naomi H., attending school at Richmond. Mr. Brown moved to Richmond in the fall of 1856, and engaged in the dry-goods business with Strattan & Coffin till the fall of 1857, when he returned to Ohio and followed farming till 1868. Hethen engaged in farming in Wayne County, Ind., till 1872, when he settled in Richmond, in order to give his children a good education, and followed the carpenter's trade till 1877. He then removed to their farm east of Richmond, where he still resides. This farm was first entered by Benjamin Hill, Sr., in 1806, and Harmon Hill, his son, settled on it in 1831. He was born in 1811, and married in 1829, to Mary Henley, who was born in 1813, and died in 1881. Mr. Hill died in 1877. They had five children, the eldest child being deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends,

Daniel Bulla, eighth child ot William and Elizabeth (Hoover) Bulla, was born in the house where he now resides, Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ind., April 13, 1814. His youth was spent in assisting his father and in attending the subscription schools. In the winter of 18367 he went to St. Joseph County, Ind., returning the next fall. He then helped his father build a saw-mill, and ran it four years. He then carried on the farm till 1851, when he went to Richmond, and worked ina plow-shop about five years. March 26,1857, his mother died, and he then fmoved back to the old homestead. In 1862 his father died, and he having been appointed executor, settled up the estate. Mr. Bulla was married Feb. 3, 1848, to Caroline Clawson. Their children are - Andrew J., born Nov. 17, 1848; Charles Henry, born Jan. 12, 1851; Elizabeth, born Aug. 27, 1855; William Abner, born April 9, 1858. Mr. Bulla's grandfather, Thomas Bulla, came to America from Ireland, when a young man, and settled in Chester County, Pa., where he married Esther Widows, by whom he had twelve children. In 1784 he moved to Randolph County, N. C. He owned six or seven slaves, but set them free in his will. William, his oldest son, was born April 14, 1777, and in 1798 married Elizabeth Hoover, daughter of Andrew Hoover, of German descent. In 1801 William Hoover moved to Warren County, Ohio; crossed the Ohio River at Cincinnati, at that time only a village. In 1803 he moved to Montgomery County, ten miles north of Dayton, on Stillwater River. There the family were all sick with the ague, and in the fall of 1806, with two others, he followed a section line through a dense wilderness of forty miles to Dearborn, now Wayne County, Ind., where he bought land and moved his family to it. He drove about seventy head of hogs to his new home. The grain for bread for the family had to be taken to Dayton, and for a short time to Eaton, to be ground. In 1810 Mr. Bulla erected a small mill on the Middle Fork of Whitewater River, which was a great accommodation to the settlers. The same year he built the house his son Daniel lives in. It is 18 x 24 feet in size, every log wild cherry save one sill, which is black walnut, and two stories high. William Bulla's children were eleven in number - Anna, born Dec. 26, 1799, married Evan Chalfant, and in the fall of 1832 moved to St. Joseph County, Ind., where she died March 27, 1849; Elizabeth, born Feb. 27, 1801, married Samuel Burgess, and settled one mile southwest of Richmond, where she died, March 26, 1857; Thomas P., born March 25, 1804, married Hannah Draper, and in 1832 accompanied his brother-in-law to St. Joseph County, Ind., and still resides in South Bend; has been County Surveyor twenty-five years; Andrew, born Feb. 12, 1506, was by trade a printer, and published the Western Times, a weekly paper, in Centreville; died Feb. 22, 1832, unmarried; James, born Jan. 10, 1808, was a miliwright; died July 3, 1861, unmarried; William, Jr., born Feb. 10, 1810, married Mary Stephenson and moved to St. Joseph County, Ind., where he died July 2, 1862; David, born Jan. 14, 1812, married Sarah Cox, and removed to Louisville, Ky., where he died Aug. 25, 1857; Daniel, born April 13, 1814; Esther, born Sept. 28, 1816, married John W. League, of Richmond, Ind.; Sarah, born Oct. 19, 1818, married David B. Golden, and lives near Richmond; John, born Oct. 8, 1821, married Ann H. Crompton, and isa farmer of St. Joseph County, Ind. William Bulla died in his eighty-sixth vear, and his wife in her seventyseventh. They lived to see Wayne County - which was a wilderness at the time of their settlement - the seat of culture and refinement. In May, 1823, Mr. Bulla went to Richmond and while there learned that two Kentuckians had caught a slave, George Shelton, belonging to Samuel Todd. He, with some others, rescued the slave, and Mr. Bulla was sued before the Supreme Court at Indianapolis, Judge Parke presiding, and was obliged to pay $1,000 for the slave and $500 costs. The Bulla family have always been Anti-slavery Republicans and temperance men.

John Nicholson Cox was born March 14, 1834, in Montgomery County, Ind., only son of Benjamin and Sarah Ann (Nicholson) Cox. He was left an orphan at the age of thirteen years. He was reared by his Grandfather Nicholson till he grew to manhood. He was educated at the district schools and at Green Mount College, Wayne County, and when twenty-one vears of age he began teaching, which he followed part of the time for three years. The next five years he followed farming on the homestead in Franklin Township. He was married in 1859, to Angelina G., daughter of George and Ruth (Marine) Shugart, and granddaughter of George Shugart, one of the pioneer settlers of New Garden Township. To this union were sent five children - Emma M., educated at Earlham College, now teaching school; Jennie V., wife of William E. Crampton; Nevva L., attending Earlham College; Benjamin and Gurney S. Mr. Cox was engaged two years in the mill of Robert Cox, and was in the mereantile business from 1864 till 1867, with Robert Cox and J. C. Boyd, under the firm name of Cox & Boyd, and during this time he was also Postmaster. He then purchased the interests of his partners, and conducted the business alone for one year, when he sold out and returned to his farm. He soon after sold his farm and purchased the Nicholson homestead, where he successfully followed farming till 1882, after which he sold the farm and bought his present property, and has since been engaged in the mercantile business, and is also the Postmaster at Cox's Mills. He also owns a tarm, which is cultivated by his son. He and wife belong to the Society of Orthodox Friends. His father operated a saw and grist mill, carding-mill and oil-mill in Montgomery County, Ind. He was also an extensive farmer, and at his death was worth $15,000. He died in 1847, aged forty-four years. Our subject's mother died when he was five months old. She was a daughter of John and Esther Nicholson, who settled in Wayne County about 1815. Mr. Nicholson built the first brick house in the settlement. He was a successful farmer, and died at the age of sixty-six years.

Robert Cox, son of Jeremiah, Jr.,and Ruth (Andrew) Cox, was born Oct. 1,1814. He iearned the trade of a millwright with Nathan Hollingsworth, of Richmond, and when twenty years old he constructed a mill east of where his present mill now stands, where he did an extensive business for twenty years. During this time he purchased a farm six miles west of Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., where he erected a gristmill and remained several years. He constructed a mill in Illinois costing $12,000, which is now operated by his son Joseph. Selling his property in Randolph County, he bought and removed to the homestead, and was engaged for several years in the dairy business south of Richmond, with his sonin-law, W. H. Cook. It was known as the Quaker City Dairy. He was one of the stockholders and incorporators of the Second National Bank, and is still one of the Directors.

He was also extensively engaged in a general mercantile business at Cox's Mills, under the firm name of Cox & Boyd. In 1860 he built a fine brick mill, fitting it out with improved machinery, where he does an extensive business. Mr. Cox served as Postmaster at Cox's Mills, Ind., for many years. In 1834 he was married to Elvira, daughter of Joseph and Celia Addington, who died in 1837. They had three children - Joseph, of Illinois; Celia, wife of J. C. Boyd, and Elvira, who died in infancy. Mr. Cox was again married in 1840 to Narcissa, daughter of Henry H. and Rachel Way, who were natives of Nantucket Island, Mass.; afterward went to North Carolina, and were settlers of Wayne County, Ind. To Mr. and Mrs. Cox have been born five children - Angelina, wife of William C. Cook; Elmira, deceased, wife of Dr. William Graham; Melinda, at home; Linneus, who died at the age of six years, and Elma,deceased, wife of Charles E. Nicholson. Benjamin Cox came with three brothers from England in an early day, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married. His youngest son, Jeremiah (our subject's grandfather), when seventeen years of age constructed a small grist-mill on his father's farm in North Carolina, which furnished meal for the family and neighbors. He next constructed a sawmill on Pine Creek, but the power not being equal to his desires, he purchased lands with more water-power, and built a saw and grist mill and blacksmith shop. A few years later his mills, shop and crop were washed away by the floods in August, but he rebuilt and was successfully engaged in milling and farming till 1806, when he sold his property, and not wishing to bring up his large family in a slave State, he moved to Richmond, Wayne Co.,Ind. He was first married to Margery Pickett, of Randolph County, N. C., by whom he had seven children - Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah, Amy, Ruth, Margery and Jeremiah, our subject's father. Mr.Cox's second wife was Jemima Rhodes, and to this union was born one son - Elijah. His third wite was Catherine Morrison, of Randolph County, N. ©. They were the parents of seven children, ot whom three survive - Robert, Catherine and William. All the family belonged to the Society of Friends. Jeremiah Cox, Sr., on coming to Richmond in 1806 entered a quarter- section of land (southwest part of what is now Richmond), and the family camped the first night near the site of the present court-house. A Kentuckian, who had preceded Mr. Cox, entered a half section of land on which he built a log cabin. Mr. Cox purchased this land and moved his family to the log cabin, which is now north of Main street, Richmond, and erected the first grist-mill in this vicinity. He gave land for a Friends' church and was one of the organizers of the first society. He entered another quarter-section of land in 1807, which he gave to his son Jeremiah, and in 1828 he sold his property in Wayne County and settled five miles east of Winchester, Randolph Co., Ind., where he owned three quarter-sections of land, and there he erected a gristmill for the accommodation of his neighbors. He also invested largely in land in Montgomery County, Ind. He was one of the Representatives from Wayne County who assisted in framing the first Constitution of the State of Indiana. He died in Randolph County in 1830 aged seventysix years. Jeremiah Cox,Jr., was born in Randolph County, N. C., in 1790, and came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1806. In 1811 he settled on the land now owned by his son Robert, and soon after constructed a mill. He soon increased the mill facilities, and made and used the first flour elevator in the county. In 1827 he erected a stone mill, which he operated as long as he remained in the business. He was first married to Ruth Andrew, who died in 1843. They had eight children, of whom four survive - Robert, Elihu, Jeremiah and Margery. His second wife was Jemima Coburn; his third wife was Hannah Moore; his fourth wife was Pheebe Hinshaw; his fifth wife was Mary W. Doyle. Mr. Cox survived his last wife nine months. He died in his eightysixth year. He was for many years an Elder in the Friends' Society.

Samuel Crampton, son ot Merick S. and Ann (Smith) Crampton, was born Aug. 10, 1837, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared to manhood on his father's farm and educated at the country schools. In 1858 he was married to Mary, daughter of Seth and Ruth Cook, of Wayne County. They have one son - William E., born Aug. 3, 1859, and married Dec.

21, 1882, to Jennie, danghter of John N. Cox. Mr. Crampton began life with limited means, ibut by industry and economy, has met with success. His farm contains 110 acres of well-cultivated land, with good residence and farm buildings. He and wife belong to the Society of Friends. Mr. Crampton's father was born March 1, 1804, in Culpeper County, Va., a son of Samuel Crampton, a native of England, who first settled in Virginia, but afterward removed with his son Merick to Wayne County. He was among the early settlers, and died at an advanced age. Merick Crampton, was married in Wayne County, Ind., in 1824, to Ann Smith, born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1804, a daughter of Jacob and Ann (Spencer) Smith. They were the parents of eight children - Sarah, born Oct. 7, 1825; Rachel, Oct. 11, 1827; Martha, Nov. 10, 1829; Joshua S., Jan. 9, 1832; Mary, Dec. 13, 1834; Samuel, Aug. 10, 1837; Lutetia, April 24, 1840, and Pheebe A., Sept. 28, 1844. Mrs. Samuel Crampton's parents were born in South Carolina in 1794, and were of English and Irish origin. They came with their parents to Warren County, Ohio, in 1803, where Seth and Ruth Cook were married in 1825. They removed to Wayne County, Ind., where Mr. Cook followed farming till his death in his sixtieth year. Mrs. Cook died in her eighty-eighth year. They belonged to the Friends' Society. Three of their children survive - Amos, Elizabeth and Mary. Isaac, Elijah, Sarah, Nathan and Seth are deceased.

William Henry Davis, farmer and horticulturist, is the sixth of eleven children of Lewis and Sarah (Harman) Davis. His father was born in Somerset County, Penn., in 1776, of Welsh ancestry, and his mother a native of Pennsylvania, of German ancestry. His parents removed to Preble County, Ohio, in an early day and settled on Elk Creek, near Jacksonburg, where W. H. was born Aug. 9, 1820. In 1835 they removed to Wayne County, Ind., where the mother died, aged fifty-two years. The father subsequently moved to Shelby County where he died in 1844, in his seventy-fourth year. Their children were - Mary, Sarah, John, Hiram, Elizabeth, William H., Hezekiah, Matilda A., Ira, and two who died in infancy. The mother was of the New Light faith.

The Davis family have an estate due them in Somerset County, Penn., and Lewis Davis returned there in 1819 to claim his interest, but the business was unsettled and he died without further prosecuting the claim. W. H. Davis obtained but a limited education. He worked for the farmers for wages, working steadily with a view of owning a farm of his own, and from his savings purchased the farm of 102 acres, where he resides. When purchased it was a swamp, with a standing pond of water on a portion of it. He has drained it and made it a most valuable farm. He has seventy-two rods of hedge fence, and has put down 383 rods of tiling. Heisa practical farmer, and a producer of fine fruits, preserving apples from season to season. He also makes bee culture a special and successful feature of his business. He has beena close observer of atmospheric phenomena, and predicts changes with remarkable accuracy. In December, 1842, he was married to Jane A., daughter of William and Sarah Wilson, of Shelby County, Ind. Five children were born to them, but two of whom are living - George W. and Matilda A., wife of George Irwin. The deceased are - Jane, William T., and Lovina, wife of Albert Peelle. Mrs. Davis died at the age ot thirty-three years. June 19, 1855, Mr. Davis married Jane, widow of John C. Clark, and daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Whan) Armstrong. She was born near Washington, Fayette Co., Penn., March 7, 1815. They have nochildren. Mr. Davis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

John Dennis, was bornin Wayne County, Ind., March 3, 1821, the eldest son of Benjamin and Clarkey (Pool) Dennis. Benjamin Dennis was born near the Allegheny Mountains, in Pennsylvania, in 1795, and at an early age removed with his parents to Ohio, and resided several years near Cincinnati. He then lived with his parents in Warren County, Ohio, till he was eighteen years old, when he went to Cincinnati, and enlisted in the war of 1812, serving one year. In 1815 he came to Milton, Wayne Co., Ind., and worked on a farm till 1819. He was married in 1819 to Clarkey Pool, who was born in 1801, and the eldest daughter of John Pool, who came from North Carolina in an early day. They were the parents of eleven children - John; Gulielma, wifeot John Reese, ot

Hancock County, Ind.; Priscilla, wife of William Butler, of Henry County, Ind.; Elizabeth and Emmie, deceased; William; Jethro, of Henry County, Ind.; Sarah A. and Benjamin S., deceased; Thomas P., died while in the war near Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 5, 1864, aged twenty-two years; and Albert, of Clinton County, Ind. Benjamin Dennis removed to Henry County, Ind., when our subject wasa year old, where he opened a farm and followed agricultural pursuits till his death in 1844. He was a member of the Society of Friends. His wife is a member of the same society, and stiil resides in Henry County. Our subject grew to maturity on his father's farm in Henry County, where he was educated in the logcabin schools. May 5, 1845, he was married to Mary Ratliff, born in 1827,in Henry County, Ind., and daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Bogue) Ratliff. They have had eight children - Sarah A., wife of Theodore Webb, engineer in oil-mil] near Richmond; William H., a painter in Richmond; Elizabeth E., wife of James Akin, of Richmond; Thomas P., farming in Wayne County; Ida M., wife of Elza Williams, of Wayne County; Harry S.; Albert, deceased, and John F. In 1847 Mr. Dennis engaged in the mercantile business in Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind., which he followed successfully till 1855. Hethen engaged in painting in Richmond till 1861, and in August of that year he enlisted in Company F, Thirty-Sixth Indiana Infantry for three years. In 1862 he became unfitted for duty, owing to his age and exposure of camp life. He was furloughed home where he remained nearly a year, when he reported to his command at Murfreesboro, Tenn., where he was discharged in April, 1863. He then carried on the mercantile business in Richmond till 1876, when he purchased and removed to the farm, where he is still engaged in farming and horticulture. Heand wife and five youngest children belong to the Society of Friends. Mrs. Dennis's father died in Henry County, Ind., in 1855. Her mother is living in Henry County, aged seventy-seven years. They were the parents of thirteen children - Mary (wife of our subject), Samuel (deceased), Sarah, Marian, Jonathan, Henry (a soldier in the late war, died of measles, at Memphis, Tenn., in 1864), Hannah and Nancy (deceased), Huldah, Margaret, Asa, Cornelius and Amos.

William W. Dilks, farmer, stock-raiser and dairyman, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1842, and is a son of George and Hannah H. (Ritchie) Dilks. He was educated at the schools of Philadelphia, in which place his father was a lumber merchant. At an early age he began to work in a tannery, where he learned the currier's trade, working at it till he grew to manhood, after which he clerked one year in a mercantile house in Philadelphia. From 1860 till 1867 he followed farming in Preble County, Ohio. and in March, 1867, purchased a farm near Chester, Wayne Co., Ind., where he followed agricultural pursuits till 1870. He also owned a farm west of Richmond, which was cultivated by tenants. In 1870 he rented and removed to the farm where he still resides, which he purchased in 1883, and which contains 120 acres of fine agricultural lands. In 1863 he was married to Annie B. Shoemaker, a native of Pennsylvania, who came with her parents, Charles H. and Mary S. Shoemaker, to Wayne County, Ind., and settled on the farm now owned by Mr. Dilks in 1860. She was a member of the Orthodox Friends, and died in January, 1880, leaving two sons - Charles S., born Nov. 30, 1864, and William W., Jr., born Feb. 27, 1873. In November, 1882, Mr. Dilks was again married to Sarah E., daughter of Jonathan and Mary Scarce, of Wayne County. Mr. Dilks and wife are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.

Nathan Edgerton, the first son of Samuel and Mary (Sargent) Edgerton, was born July 18, 1827, in Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ind., and is a farmer by occupation. He remained with his parents until he was fifteen years of age, and then started in life for himself by working through the summer seasons by the month and going to school in winter, until he was eighteen years of age. He taught school in the winter and went to school in the summer until he was twentythree years of age. During these years he maintained himself and assisted his parents in the maintenance of their family. Later he taught school and pursued his studies for eighteen months, studying for the practice of medicine, and taking one course of lectures at Cincinnati " Eclectic School," making great progress in his studies. In 1853 he was mar- ried to Ruthana Rogers, eldest daughter of Jacob and Christiana Rogers. There were five children by this urion - William Rogers, John Owen, Jonathan Owen, Charles Francis, Lydia Jane and Jacob Franklin. The daughter died at the age of one year four months and thirteen days. These four sons are all of the highest type of manhood, and bid fair to be of the leading men of Wayne County. Farming always being his chosen vocation, he located in Franklin Township, where he remained until his death in 1876, being considered one of the best and most successful farmers in Wayne County. He became a member of the Society of Friends at the age ot twenty-four, and from that date to the time of his death was considered a most worthy member of his church, always working for the up-building of the same, being loved by all that knew him, and counseled by the society. He was always ready to help the poor and needy, and to promote all good movements for public good.

Samuel Erwin was born Oct. 19, 1820, in New Castle County, Del., a son of John and Elizabeth (Platt) Erwin, the former of Irish and the latter of English descent. When eight years old he came to Wayne County, Ind., where he experienced all the phases of pioneer life. He first attended the logcabin schools, and completed his education at the schools ot Richmond. He was married in 1842, to Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Sibyl (Cook) Shute, who came from New Jersey to Wayne County, Ind., in 1818, where her father owned 900 acres of land, and built the first brick honse in bis neighborhood. He followed farming through life, and died in February, 1857, in Covington, Ky., where he resided for many years. His wife died in Cincinnati, in February, 1847. Mr. Erwin has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and his farm contains 190 acres of fine land. He§also owns a farm of 415 acres in Elkhart County, Ind., all well improved. Mr. Erwin and wife are members of the Society of Hicksite Friends. His father came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1828, and bought 200 acres of land in what is now Wayne Township. At the end of five years he sold his farm, and established an iron foundry in Lafayette, Ind., doing a successful business for several years. Heat one time owned

1,000 acres in Randolph County, Ind. He died Nov. 19, 1849, in his sixty-eighth year. His wife died July 4, 1846, aged sixty years. They had twelve children, six still living - Lydia, John W., Susan B., Samuel, Edwin and William P.

George Henry Fetta, market gardener, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1843, a son of Clements H. and Anna M. (Snider) Fetta. In 1846 his parents emigrated to America with their family, settling in Richmond, where his father was porter in the wholesale grocery house of Brown, Myer, Starr & Co., and their successors, for twenty-five years. He died in August, 1874, aged sixty-eight years, and his widow still resides in Richmond, being in her sixty-ninth year. They had nine children - Christian H., Henry H., Frederick H. (died at Nashville, Tenn.), George H., Dora, Edward C. (deceased), Harmon H., John H. and Lewis. Our subject was educated in the schools of Richmond, and at an early age learned the cigar-maker's trade, at which he worked till the war broke out. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company I, Eighty-fourth Indiana Infantry, for three years. He went throngh the campaigns of West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn., and sent to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., and from there was furloughed home. He returned to his regiment in August, 1864, and participated in the capture of Atlanta, Ga. He was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tenn., and was discharged at Nashville, in June, 1865. He returned and worked at his trade for wages till 1867, when he engaged in the mauufacture of cigars, carrying on a successful business for seven years. In 1874 he purchased his present property, where he has since been engaged in vegetable gardening. He was married April 30, 1868, to Henrietta Aue, who was born in Germany in 1850, and came to Richmond, Ind., with her father, Frederick Aue, in 1858. Her mother, Dora Aue, died in Germany, and her father married Frederica Fiest, by whom he had three children - Frederick, Augusta and Charles. Mr. Fetta and wife have three children - Robert H., Frederick W., and Anna M. Mr. Fetta is a member of Webb Lodge, No. 24, A.F. & A. M.; King Solomon's Chapter, R. A. M., and Commandery No. 8, K. T., of Richmond.

Nathan Folwell Garwood, oldest child and only son by second wife of Amassa and Esther (Iredell) Garwood, was born Oct. 18,1831, in Gloucester County, N. J. He was educated in the schools of his native county, and followed farming and dealing in stock on his father's farm till he grew to manhood. His father followed blacksmithing in the village, also farming, while his sons worked on the farm. He died in 1853, and the following year Nathan, in connection with Ephraim Tomlinson, proprietor of the " Laurel Mills " (grist and saw mills), carried on an extensive business in flour and lumber, near White Horse, Camden Co., N. J., our subject having charge of the mercantile department one year. He then engaged in general merchandising in his native county, but at the end of a year sold his interest to his partner. He was then variously engaged in different places till the spring of 1859, when he engaged in the freight office of the Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, at Hannibal, Mo., continuing there till 1861, when the war troubles suspended business on the road. He then returned to Richmond, Ind., and in February, 1863, he removed to Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in the Government Quartermaster's office, in the railroad shipping department, until the spring of 1866, after which he was engaged in the freight department of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at Nashville, Tenn., until June, 1876. He then visited the Centennial at Philadelphia, with his family, and returned to Wayne County, Ind., in November, 1876. In the spring of 1877 he purchased his present farm and residence near Richmond, known as '' Forest Home," where he has since followed farming. Mr. Garwood was married March 5, 1861, to Anna E. Iredell, born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1837, and daughter of Samuel E. and Marinetta L. (Suffrain) Iredell, and granddaughter of John Suffrain, a native of France. They have four children - Nettie M., Esther C., Josephine S. and Eugene ©. Mr. Garwood and wife attend the religious society of Hicksite Friends. Mrs. Garwood's father came to Richmond, Ind., in 1835, and followed the tailor's trade a number of years. He then bought a farm near Richmond, where he farmed and worked at his trade till 1856. He then sold his farm and purchased

Warner Grave, sou of Jonathan and Lydia (Howell) Grave, was born in Delaware in 1816. His grandfather, Jacob Grave, was also a native of Delaware, and came to Wayne County with our subject's father and family in 1816, when Warner Grave was an infant. He has participated in the log-rollings and the raising of log cabins and all phases of pioneer life, his education being obtained in the subscription schools. In 1820 his father erected the brick dwelling where he now resides, it being the first brick in the settlement. He has operated a saw-mill on the homestead for several years. He was also engaged for a number of years in the manufacture of lime, there being an abundance of the crude material on his farm. His farm contains 320 acres of the finest land in the settlement, situated on Middle Whitewater. His father on coming to Wayne County entered several hundred acres of land and a quarter-section in Ohio. He also purchased a farm of 240 acres that had been entered a few years previous, which is now owned and occupied by vur subject. Here he constructed a saw-mill which he operated many years. He also followed farming. He built a tannery which he carried on till hisdeath. He had several children, three still living - Allen, Warver and Howell. Israel, Sarah A., David and Hannah are deceased. Our subject's parents belonged to the Friends' society.

William Grave, only sonof Nathan and Margaret (Addleman) Grave, was born Dec. 14. 1823,0n the farm where he now resides. He was reared on the home farm and educated in the country schools. He was married July 2, 1863, to Elizabeth M., danghter of Johu and Betty (Compton) Mills, both now deceased. They were of English ancestry aud members of the Friends' society. They were the parents of ten children, of whom three are deceased - Rebecea and two who died in infancy. Those living are - William C., Amos, John, Elizabeth M., Henry F., Joseph and George. Mr. Grave and wife had one daughter - Margaret Rosetta, born in 1864, and one they have taken to raise, Christina Louisa Friesdorff, ~ now inher twenty-second year, whom they have reared since eight years of age. She is a member of Friends. Mr. Grave has tollowed farming through his life. His wife and daughter are members of the Society of Friends. Our subject's father was born in Delaware and first married Hannah Howell, by whom he had five children - Stephen, John L. (deceased), Persey, Elwood and Ann P. (deceased). His second wife was Margaret Addleman, a native of Chester Connty, Pa., and to this union were born six children - Hannah H., Mary H., William, Alida T., Mahala A. and Lydia J. Nathan Grave settled in Wayne County, Ind., on the farm now owned by our subject, in August, 1816. He died in his seventy-eizhth year. His wife diel at the age of sixty-six years.

Jacob D. Hampton, second son of David and Jane Hampton, was born Nov. 14, 1820,in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared on his father's farm and obtained a common-school education. Jan. 25, 1844, he was married to Margaret Reynolds, born in North Carolina in 1823, a daughter of Job and Phoebe Reynolds who came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1839. Her mother was a minister in the Society of Orthodox Friends. She died at the age of eighty-six years. His father died aged sixty-eight years. He belonged tothe Society of Friends. They had ten daughters and one son; all but two daughters survive. Mr. Hampton and wife have seven children - Oliver H., of Wayne County; Addison L., foreman of Sedgewick's Wire Fence Works of Richmond; Mattie C., widow of Alvin T. Birdsall; Emma, wife of Wilber J. Austin, of De Kalb County, Ind.; David C., a commercial traveler of De Kalb County, Ind.; Anna M., wife of Fred Batler,dranghtsman in the City Mill Works of Richmond, and Horace G., at home. Mr. Hampton has educated his childgen at Earlham College. He is engaged in agricultural pursuits and is making a specialty of horticulture, and is now filling his third term as President of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of the county. He has a fine residence and a farm of 120 acres of excellent land. He was one of the stockholders and incorporators of the Richmond and Newport Turnpike Company, also of the Union Pike

Company. He was a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the latter company for fifteen years. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Orthodox Friends, of which he is Elder. Our subject is of English descent, three brothers coming to America at an early day. One settled in the southern colonies, an ancestor of the celebrated Wade Hampton; the second brother we have no record of, and the third settled in Essex County, N. J. and became the ancestor of our subject. His greatgrandfather, Jacob Hampton, a son of John Hampton, and grandson of John Hampton, who settled in Essex County, N. J., was born Aug. 9, 1731. His great-grandmother, Mary Hampton, was born in Essex County, N. J., Nov. 27, 1734, a daughter of John and Anna Terrill. Our subject's grandfather, Jacob Hampton, a son of Jacob and Mary Hampton, was born Feb. 5, 1759, in Essex County, N. J., where he was married March 2, 1783, to Eunice Dunham, who was born July 28, 1765, a daughter of Elisha and Elizabeth Dunham. They had twelve children - Andrew, born Sept. 7, 1785; Mary, Sept. 27,1787; Abraham, Oct. 26, 1789; Anna, Dec. 5, 1791; Jehiel, Dec. 23, 1793; David, Dec. 27, 1795; Elizabeth, Nov. 4, 1797; Jacob. May 20, 1800; Elisha, May 8, 1803; Eleanor, June 5, 1805; Sarah and Eunice (twins), born June 12, 1809. Jacob Hampton moved with his family to Fayette County, Pa., in April, 1787, and in 1792 removed to Monongahela County, Va. In 1808 the family settled in Warren County, Ohio, and in 1816 settled in Wayne Oounty, Ind., where Jacob Hampton entered 200 acres of land, and his son Andrew entered 800 acres. He settled in New Garden Township, and died in 1842. Our subject's father, David Hampton, came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1817, and in 1818 he was married to Jane, youngest of twelve children of Simon and Judith Moon, who came from North Carolina. She is the only surviving member of the family and is now in her eighty-seventh year. David Hampton commenced life empty handed but became one of the successful farmers of his time. He had eleven children - Lewis, of Wayne County; Jacob D., our subject; Dayton and Julia, deceased; Jehiel B., a coach-maker of Indianapolis, Ind.; Emily J., deceased, wife of Dr. J. M. Harris; she was Clerk of Friends' Yearly Meeting for twelve years; William M. and Simon M. (twins), the latter died in infancy; Sarah A., wife of Mahlon Johnson, of Morgan County, Ind.; John D. and Mahlon E of Wayne County. David Hampton was a member of the Orthodox Friends. He died in June, 1855.

John Hawkins was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1811, a son of John and Lydia (Corner) Hawkins, natives of North Carolina. His parents were married in South Carolina, and in 1807 came to Wayne County, Ind., and entered a quartersection of land, where our subject now resides. At one time he owned 400 ageres of land, and was one of the extensive farmers of the county. He died at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife died at the ave of eighty-six years. They belonged to the Society of Orthodox Friends. They had four children - Tamar (deceased), Sarah, Nathan and John. The latter was educated at the log-cabin subscription schools ot Richmond. He has followed farming successfully through life, and owns a fine farm of 250 acres, on the East Fork of Whitewater. His father built one of the first mills near Richmond. Subsequently Mr. Hawkins built a mill, and he and his father were engaged in the lumber business sixty years in connection with farming. He was married in 1838 to Sarah, daughter of Josiah and Edith (Dallard) Jessup, of Guilford County, N.C. They have had eight children - Levi, Elizabeth (wife or Wm. Brannon, of Wayne County), David, Nathan, Oliver, Albert (deceased), Ellen and Emeline. Mr. Hawkins, wife and family are members of the Society of Orthodox friends. Mr. Hawkins has been School Trustee a number of years. Mrs. Hawkins's parents were of English ancestry. Her mother died at the age of forty-five years, and her father at the age of seventy years. They were members of Orthodox Friends. Of their six children two survive - Sarah and Edith.

Riley Hiatt, youngest son of John and Margaret (Nichols) Hiatt, was born in Wayne County, Ind., in 1824. His father died when he was ten months old. He obtained a commonschool education, and when fourteen years old learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed in Fountain City,

Ind., for four years. The following eight years he followed the wagon-maker's trade during the winter, and in the summer he worked at the carpenter's trade. He was married at the age of twenty-four years to Hannah A. Coburn, who died in the year 1849, leaving one daughter - Hannah A., wife ot Dunham Hampton, of Wayne County. In 1852 Mr. Hiatt was again married to Elizabeth P. Stidham, of Wayne County. To them have been born seven children - George R., Mary E. (deceased), Ellen N. (deceased), John I., Joseph P. Albert C.and Lena M. Mr. Hiatt began life empty-handed, but by industry and good management he has become the largest land-owner in the settlement. He now owns 824 acres of well-improved land, and has some of the best springs of water in the township, the best of which is at his residence. Mr. Hiatt also makes a specialty of stock-raising aud dealing in fine stock. He is politically a Republican. Mr. Hiatt's ancestors caine from Germany to the United States with William Penn. His parents were born, reared and married in Guilford County, N. C., and in 1809 they came to Wayne County, Ind., where his father entered land near Cox's Mills. His father was a hatter and blacksmith by trade, which he followed in connection with agricultural pursuits. They belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church till their death. To them were born nine children - Ruth, wife of Jonathan Hiatt, had fifteen children; Caleb, of Oregon, had seven children; Leah, deceased, wife of Robert Barr, had three children; Mary, wife of Joseph Unthank, residing in Oregon, had two children; Marue deceased, wife of Eli L. Davis, of Jay County, Ind., had six children; Phares, of Randolph County, Ind., had nine; and Esther, wife of James Sweney, of Kansas, has five children.

Samuel Henley was born on the farm where he still resides, March 11, 1824, a son of Micajah and Gulielma (Charles) Henley, the former born Feb. 6, 1785, in Guilford County, N. C., of English ancestry, and the latter born April 23, 1792, of Welsh descent. They were married in North Carolina, and immediately after caine to Indiana and settled on the farm now occupied by our subject, in August, 1812. Micajah Henley cleared and cultivated this farin and followed agricultural pursuits till his death, which occurred Dec. 13, 1857. His wife died Dec. 8, 1860. They were the parents of eight children, four still living - John, Rebecca, Naomi and Samuel. Mary, Martha, Henry and Gulielma are deceased. Although they were subjected to the hardships incident to pioneer life and the rearing of a family, they always gave liberally of their time and money to help in the organization of meetings of the Society of Friends. They were among the earliest and most zealous promoters and workers toward the success of the Friends' boarding school, now Earlham College, of Richmond. Our subject was reared to pioneer life and obtained his education in the snbscription schools. He kas followed farming and stock-raising successfully through life. April 25, 1850, he married Eliza A., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Butler) Hadley, both now deceased. They have had four children - William E., born May 1, 1851, residing in Richmond; Mary E., born Sept. 13, 1853, wife of George Wiggins, of Richmond; Alva J., born Dec. 25, 1857, and Elwood, born Oct. 15, 1860, and died Oct. 28, 1862. Mr. Henley and family are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends.

Simon Flavian Herman, manufacturer of cigars and grower of small fruits, near Richmond, was born Feb. 18, 1841, in Sargaus, Canton of St. Gall, Switzerland. In 1849 his parents, Joseph H. and Walburga (Kohler) Herman, caine with their family of four children to America, landing in New Orleans in February, 1849, where they resided one year. They then resided two years in Cincinnati, Ohio, and three years in Covington, Ky. While residing in the latter place the father and his eldest son, Joseph B., were drowned while going to St. Lonis, and the remainder of the family removed to Evansville, Ind., where the mother died in 1860. Their children were - Mary G., who married Charles Larch; Joseph B., Simon F. and Christiana C. Our subject learned the cigar-maker's trade in Evansville, at which he worked till 1861. He then worked at the trade with Andrew ©. Fogus, making his home in Mount Vernon till 1869, and during this time he worked in various places. In 1867 he was married to Anna M. L. Steinkamp, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, of

German descent. They were the parents of ten children - Frederick W., born June 20, 1868; Mary O., born Dee. 30, . 1869, and died in September, 1870; Frank H., born July 1, 1871; Emma L., May 17, 1873; John A., April 11, 1875; Joseph B., Nov. 11, 1876; Edward S., July 10, 1878; Anna L., Jan. 27, 1880; Louisa C., Oct. 10, 1881, and a son born May 22, 1883,died in infancy. In 1874 Mr. Herman returned in Richmond and soon after settled on the place where he has since resided, and engaged in mannfacturing cigars in connection with the growing of small fruit. He joined the Masoniez fraternity in 1862 and belongs to Lodge No. 163, A. F. & A. M. Heand wife are members of the German Lutheran church.

Albert Hill, second son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hoover) Hill, was born Aug. 29, 1844, in Wayne County, Ind. He was educated in the schools of his native county, and remained with his parents till he grew to manhood. He was married in January, 1873, to Lydia, daughter of Iraand Mary (Thorne) Moore, who came to Wayne County from New Jersey. Their family consists of three children - Frederick R., born May 30, 1874; Sarah D., born Nov. 22, 1881, and Mary E., born Feb. 12, 1883. After his marriage Mr. Hill purchased a farm in Webster Township, Wayne Co., Ind., where he followed farming fuur years. In 1877 he sold his farm and purchased his present farm, situated one and a half miles east of Richmond. His farm contains 102 acres of well-cultivated land, and his farm buildings are first-class. Mrs. Hill has a birthright in the Society of Hicksite Friends.

Benjamin Hill, eldest son of Benjamin and Martha (Cox) Hill, was born Sept. 23, 1809, in Wayne County, Ind., and was married to Sarah, a daughter of David Hoover, a pioneer of 1806. Their children are - David H., Martha E., Albert G., Henry L., Anna C. and George W. Benjamin Hill resides on a well-cultivated farm three miles east of Richmond, where he has lived for more than forty-five years, and has followed farming the greater part of his life. His father, Benjamin Hill, was born in North Carolina, June 22, 1770, of English descent, and was married to Mary Jessup. Their children were - John, Sarah, Jacob, William, Joseph and Mary.

He moved to Virginia in 1802, and in the autumn of 1806 removed with his family to Indiana, and settled in the unbroken forest, about three miles east of Richmond, and was subjected to the hardships and privations incident to pioneer life. Shortly after coming to Wayne County his wife died, and he was afterward married to Martha Cox, who was born in Randolph County, N. O., Nov. 23, 1779, and came to Indiana in 1807. Their children were - Benjamin (our subject), Harmon, Rebecea, Ezra and Enos. Benjamin Hill, Sr., was extensively engaged in farming, and bailt the flour and sawmills east of Richmond, long known as " Hill's Mills," which he managed successfully. He died Feb. 9, 1829, in his fiftyninth year. Martha Hill, his widow, died Jan. 25, 1867, in the eighty-vighth year of her age.

David Hoover, son of David Hoover, Sr., was born July 4, 1823, in Wayne County, Ind., in the house where he now resides. He was reared on the home farm, and obtained a fair common-school education. He was married in 1858 to Pheebe L., daughter of Seth and Rebecca (Simmons) Macy. They have three sons - Andrew, born Oct. 20, 1861, married Florence Fulghum; Henry I., born Jan. 15, 1864, and David S., born Dec. 25, 1871. Mr. Hoover has followed farming through life and now owns a highly cultivated farm. His views are independent both in politics and religion. His great-grandparents, Andrew and Mary Hoover, immigrated from Germany and settled in Maryland, where they resided many years, and where our subject's grandfather, Andrew Hoover, Jr., was born in 1740. In 1850 they removed to North Carolina, where Andrew was reared, and married Elizabeth Waymire. Of their ten children only one survives - Sarah, who married Jacob Sanders. Those deceased are - Mary, wife of Thomas Newman and mother of John S. Newman; Elizabeth, who married William Bulla; David, who married Catherine Yount; Frederick, who married Catherine Yount, David's wife's cousin; Susannah, who married Elijah Wright; Henry, who married Susan Clark; Rebecca, who married Isaac Julian, and was the mother of the eminent statesman George W. Julian; Andrew, who married Julia Ratliff, and Catherine, who married John McLane. Andrew

Hoover, Jr., moved with his family to Ohio and resided near Lebanon fonr vears, but ague being sv prevalent there they resolved to see the then new territory of Dearborn, now Wayne County, Ind., and in the spring of 1806 David Hoover, Sr., entered the land now owned by our subject and the following spring the family settled in their new home, where Andrew Hoover, Jr., died at the age of eighty-four years, his wife having died one year previous, at the age of eighty-one years. David Hoover, Sr., was born in North Carolina in April, 1781. He subsequently resided in Ohio, where he was married in 1806, and in 1807 settled in Wayne - County, Ind. He was for many years Justice of the Peace, and for fourteen Clerk of Wayne County. He was for many years Associate Judge of the county, and represented Wayne County in the State Legislature many terms. He died in his eighty-sixth year in 1866. His wife died in her seventysixth year. They had ten children, seven still living - Elizabeth, wife of S. T.. Poweil; Hiram, married Mary Price; Susan, wife of Wm. Brady; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Hill; Isabel, wife of J. M. Brown; Esther, wife of Henry Shroyer and our subject. Those deceased are - Mary, Rebecca and William.

Isaac Vore Horney was born in Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., in 1839, eldest of two children of Solomon and Ruth W. (Vore) Horney. His father was a native of Guilford County, N. C., and settled in Wayne County, Ind., in 1832. He was married in Richmond and established the first plow manufactory in that city, known as the Horney Plow Works, where he was successfully engaged a number of years. Isaac V. was educated in the schools of Richmond and also attended Commercial College in Dayton, Ohio, one term. At the age ot eighteen years he entered his father's shops where he was engaged twelve years, and in 1869 he purchased the farm where he has since resided. His farm contains seventy-six acres of fineland, and since purchasing Mr. Horney has made many valuable improvements, and he may be classed among the progressive farmers of Wayne Township. He was married in 1864 to Harriet A., daughter of Elizabeth Rhoads and granddaughter of John E. Elderkin, one of the pioneers of Wayne

County. They have had two sons - Charles, born in 1865 and died in 1866; William E., born in 1866, now at Commercial College. Mr. Horney is a member of Whitewater Lodve, No. 41, I. O. O. F., and of Oriental Encampment of Richmond.

David Little, eldest son of Thomas and Mariam (Nicholson) Little, was born March 12, 1811, in Randolph County, N.C. He received a limited education in the subscription schools and in 1827 he came to Indiana with Aaron Hill, with whom he resided in Wayne, Randolph and Grant counties until 1831. He was married in 1833 to Nancy Thomas, burn in 1812, in North Carolina, and a daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Mendenhall) Thomas, who caine to Wayne County, Ind., in 1813. They were the parents of eight children - Isaac, born March 5, 1834, in Randolph County, Ind.; Rebecca, born Nov. 18, 1835, and died in 1859; Hannah, born Nov. 20, 1837, wife of John W. Smith, of Kansas; Daniel, Sept. 12, 1840, and died in infancy; Nathan, born Nov. 26, 1841; Mariam, born Nov. 26, 1844, wife of John K. Thomas, of Wayne County; Anna, born June 24, 1847, wife of W. H. Commons, of Iowa; Jane, Nov. 2, 1850, wife of O. D. Addleman, of Wayne County. They also reared the following children - Hepsa A., a niece, daughter of Amiel and Abigail Hunt, born Oct. 31, 1855, and died July 29, 1878; William S. Zeek, born Jan. 10, 1868. Mrs. Little died Aug. 18, 1858, and Jan. 17, 1861, Mr. Little was again married to Mrs. Mary Cook, daughter of Jeremiah and Ruth Andrew Cox. She died Nov. 16, 1882, aged sixty-six years. She was an Elder in the Society of Friends till her death. Mr. Little removed from Randolph County, Ind., to the farm where he has since pursued farming. He joined the Friend's society when twenty years old, and he and his first wife were Overseers in the society for many years. He was also an Elder in that denomination. His father was reared in North Carolina, where he married Mariam Nicholson, a native of Nantucket, Mass. Their children were - David, John (deceased), Nathan, Rebecca (deceased) and Zimri. Their mother died in 1859 aged seventy-seven years.

Benjamin Lloyd was born March 22, 1831, in Wayne County, Ind., a son of Humphrey and Rachel (Clark) Lloyd, natives of North Carolina. They were among the first settlers of Wayne County where they were married. They were the parents of ten children, of whom only four survive - Milton, Edward, Benjamin, and William, all living in Wayne County except William, who resides in Grant County, Ind. Those deceased are - David, Sallie, Esther A., and three sons who died in infancy. Their mother died in 1844 aged thirty-six years, and their father died in Grant County, Ind., in 1879, aged seventy-nine years. Our subject was reared on the home farm till he was thirteen years of age, after which he lived with James Neal, of Wayne County, till he grew to manhood. After attaining his majority he was engaged as a teamster about three years when he' worked as a brakesman on the Richmond & Chicago Railroad one year. Nov. 16, 1856, he married Louisa F., daughter of Henry and Louisa F. (Loggaman) Hessman. They have two sons - John W., born Oct. 25, 1857, and Charles H., born Sept. 16, 1859. After his marriage Mr. Lloyd rented and farmed near Richmond until 1861. He then rented a farm near Indianapolis where he farmed during the summer for five years, and during the winter seasons worked in slaughter houses. In 1866 he purchased his present farm of eighty acres for which he paid $8,000 and which is now worth $150 per acre. After residing here a number of years he returned to Indianapolis and worked several years for wages when he again settled on his farm. Mrs. Lloyd's father was born in 1800 and died in 1861, and her mother was born in 1804 and is living in Richmond. They came from Germany and settled in Wayne County in 1833. They had eight children, five still living - Henry, Louisa F., William, Charles and Lewis.

Benjamin Franklin Martin, Postmaster and dealer in géneral merchandise, Chester, was born April 21, 1838, in Chester County, Pa., and is the third son of Benjamin L. and Sarah (Christman) Martin. His parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., when he was young, and he was educated at the Centreville College. He held the position of clerk in the auditor's office, and was with his father in the Govern- ment disbursing department for some time during the late war. He was Second Lieutenant of Company F. Seventy» eighth Indiana Infantry, and was on duty near Vicksburg, Miss., where the poor water and warm climate caused the death of a great many of the members of his company. He was married in October, 1863, to Sarah A., daughter of Benjamin and Eliza (Dakin) Jemison, both now living. They have two children - Benjamin F. and Maud E. In February, 1876, Mr. Martin engaged in his present mercantile business in which he has been very successful. He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1861, and belongs to Lodge No. 42, Centreville. His political affiliations are with the Republican party.

Benjamin Lloyd Martin, son of John and Rath (Stephens) Martin, was born in 1806 in Chester County, Pa., where he grew to manhood and attended the common schools, completing his education at the commercial college in Philadelphia. In 1831 he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moyer) Christman,of Chester County, Pa. They have seven children - Nathan W., of Wayne Connty; John W., of Raleigh, Ind.; Benjamin F., of Chester, Wayne County; William C., of Topeka, Kan.; Isaac N, in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C.; Theodore S., their youngest child, residiug in Wayne County, and Rebecca A. S., wife of William L. Boyd, of Richmond, Ind. In October, 1839, Mr. Martin moved with his family to Wayne County, Ind., and was engaged in teaching school till 1848. In December, 1842, he became Deputy Anditor of the county, filling that position till 1855, when he was elected Auditor, which office he held two terms of four years. In the meantime he with a number of others organized the First National Bank of Centreville, of which he was chosen Cashier. About this time, 1863, he was appointed additional Paymaster in the Federal army, and at once resigned his position in the bank to attend his duties at St. Louis, Mo., remaining there till the fall of 1864, when he was transferred from the Mississippi to the Cumberland department, headquarters Louisville, Ky. In the spring of 1865 he was ordered to North Carolina; reached Washington, D. C., and was soon sent back to Louisville, where he remained some time. He was then sent to the Northwestern department, headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., where he was on duty till the close of the war, He was mustered out in November, 1865. His position in the army was one of trust and responsibility as he had the disbursing of millions of dollars. During the war Mr. Martin purchased a farm of 360 acres, where he now resides. In 1869 he was elected to represent Wayne County in the State Legislature, where he ably represented the county two years. In 1870 he was elected to the same position, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, lodge, chapter, commandery of Richmond, Ind., and in politics is a Republican. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1840 he was licensed a local preacher. Mr. Martin's parents were of English and Welsh ancestry. They were reared in Pennsylvania, and were the parents of seven children. They belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, and died in Iowa, both living to be over ninety years of age. Mrs. Martin's parents were of German ancestry and died in Chester County, Pa., her father aged sixty years and her mother aged seventy-three years. Nathaniel Davis McClure, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Sellers) McClure, was born on the farm where he now resides, Feb. 15, 1830. He was reared a farmer, receiving a limited education at the subscription schools, but by his own exertions he has acquired a liberal education. He rented land, which he sowed with wheat, and with the proceeds of the crop he was enabled to attend school at Richmond. He then attended a seminary on Green's Fork, and completed his education at the Spiceland Academy. Heworked at the carpenter's trade in Richmond two years, and in 1852 began the manufacture of steel plows in Fort Wayne with Adam Reed, under the firm name of Reed & McClure, in which business he continued till 1857, when he was married to Letitia, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Devose, of Decatur, Adams Co., Ind. They have had six children - Mericus R., Nathaniel F. (deceased), Joseph M., John M. A., Emma F. and Sarah I. Soon after his marriage Mr. McClure sold his mannfacturing interests and purchased a farm near Springfield, Ind., where he resided two years. He then returned to the homestead and cared for his father till his death, when he purchased the heirs' interest, and has since successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. McClure is a Republican, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife was reared in the doctrines of the Methodist church. His grandfather, Nathaniel McClure, was born in Virginia, and when nineteen years old married and settled in Kentucky. In 1808 he came to Wayne County, Ind., with his sons Thomas and Nathaniel (our subject's father, then eighteen years of age), and cleared a quarter-section of land, and in the fall of 1809 the remainder of the family moved to Wayne County. Nathaniel McClure, Sr., was one of the founders of the first Presbyterian church in this county, and was an Elder in the church. He followed farming through life; died at the age of eighty-two years. His wife died at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject's father remained with his parents till 1815, when he returned tu Kentucky, where he was first married, and the same year returned with his wife to Wayne County and entered a quarter-section of land including the farm now owned by our subject. His wife died at the age of fifty-seven years, and he was again married to Jane Thompson. He had five children by his first wife, all deceased except Sarah A. and our subject. He died at the age of seventy-two years.

Rees Mendenhall, farmer, stock-raiser and horticulturist, was born Dec. 13, 1823, in Wayne County, Ind. He grew to manhood on the home farm, receiving a liberal commonschool education, and in 1849 he was married to Lydia A., daughter of Joseph and Alice (Clawson) White, They had nine children - William, farming in Michigan; Alice, wife of Stacey Bevan, of Arkansas; Albert and Joseph E., of Arkansas; Anna M., Ellis G., Lizzie H., John R. and Flora E., at home. In 1854 Mr. Mendenhall settled on the farm where he has since resided. He makes a specialty of fine stock and also of the best variety of fruits. His cherry orchard alone contains 300 trees. Mr. Mendenhall and wife are members of the Society of Friends, and he has served a number of years as Elder. The Mendenhall family were originally

English, and figured conspicuously in the War of the Roses, and on account of the part taken in that war their estates were confiscated. Three brothers emigrated to America with William Penn, and from one of them our subject descended. His grandfather, Caleb Mendenhall, was born, reared and married in North Carolina, and where our subject's father, Griffith Mendenhall, was born Oct. 4, 1798, and when eight years of age came with his parents to Miami County, Ohio. In 1818, in partnership with Daniel Anthony, Griffith Mendenhall built and operated the first wool-carding mill in Richmond. He was married to Elizabeth Airey, by whom hehad seven children - Bentley, Rees, William (deceased), Caleb, John (who died from disease contracted while in the war), Lindley (deceased) and Martha. Griffith Mendenhall died at the advanced age of eighty-five years.

Hugh Moffitt, eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Moffitt, was born in Randolph County, N. ©., March 21, 1806. His father, Charles Moffitt, was born in North Carolina, and in 1795 removed with his father, Hugh Hoffitt, Sr., to Ohio, where the latter died in 1799. Charles Moffitt returned to Randolph County, N. C., where he was married in 1804 to Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Margery Cox. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom six still survive - Hugh; Tacey, widow of William Cloud; John, ot Indianapolis; Ruth, widow of Dr. J. J. Perry; Abijah; Anna, wife of Eli Stubbs, of Richmond, Ind. Jeremiah, Eunice, Hannah, Mary, Nathan and Elizabeth are deceased. In1811 Charles Moffitt removed with his family to Richmond, Ind., and settled on a quarter-section of land, a portion of which is owned by our subject. In 1816 he erected a grist-mill on the present site of the Stafford, or Quaker City, Mills, which he operated till his death, together with farming. He also owned a saw-mill where Aikens' Woolen Mill now stands. He died in his seventy-second year. His widow survived till Nov. 30, 1860, and died in her seventy-seventh year. They belonged to the Society of Friends, both being Elders of the society. Hugh Moffitt was five years of age when his parents moved to Richmond. His youth was spent in helping his father clear the farm and in taking charge of the saw-mill, and his education was obtained at the subscription schools. In 1828 he was married to Sarah, daughter of William and Martha Childre, who came from Ohio to Wayne County, Ind., in 1827, and in 1830 they, with Mr. Moffitt and wife, removed to Boon County, Ind., where Mr. Moffitt followed farming till 1840. He then carried on the trade of cabinetmaking in Thorntown, Boon County, till 1845, when he and his brother Nathan purchased the mill and a part of the homestead, where he still resides, and where Nathan Moffitt died in 1846. He has since sold the mill, but still owns the farm, and also owns some fine land in the county. Mr. Moffitt and wife have no children, but have reared the following from childhood - Mary Barker, wife of William Baxter, of Richmond; John Moffitt's children - Ann, Elizabeth and Charles; Martha Tyler, wife 'of Orin S. Mote, of Richmond; Ann McFerreor, wife of Albert S. Hunt; and Alice Maud Thomas, now living with them. Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt are members of the society of Friends, and he has served as Elder many years. Mrs. Moffitt's parents also belonged to the same society till their death. They had three children - Sarah, Phoebe and Uriah (deceased).

James Moore was born in Columbia County, Ga., June 15, 1798, the sixth and only living child of Alexander L., and Pheebe (Edwards) Moore, his father a native of South Caro- Jina, of English descent, and his mother of Georgia, of Welsh descent. His paternal ancestors came to the United States prior to the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, Mordecai Moore, was bornin Pennsylvania. He was by trade a millstone cutter, and went south to work at his trade. He and his son Alexander L. were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. In 1808 our subject's parents removed to Butler County, Ohio, and when he was seventeen years of age, he induced .his father to enter land, in what is now Wayne County, Ind., and in 1817 he entered a half section on Middle Fork of Whitewater River. James built cabins for the family, and in February, 1818, they removed to Indiana. His father was a well-informed man, and a fluent conversationalist. Having seen the evils of the slavery system in his native State, he was bitterly opposed to it, and for many years was a Whig, and later a Republican. Heand his wife were consistent members of the Society of Friends. They lived to see their youngest child settled in life, and died at an advanced age. Our subject has experienced all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and has seen Richmond grow from a place only in name, to the present flourishing county seat of Wayne County. His early educational advantages were limited, but having a desire for knowledge, he became a diligent reader, and became one of the best informed men in the county. Politically he has been a Whig and Republican. He is an advanced thinker, and an able advocate of his theories. He has been principally engaged in farming through life, but being a natural mechanic, can apply himself to any branchhe has need of. After the death of his parents he became the owner of the homestead, 136 acres, which he has sold to his son, and now owns a desirable residence a mile and a half north cf Main street, Richmond. He was married in 1828 to Esther, daughter of Jehu and Lydia (Stanfield) Hiatt. Her parents settled in Wayne County in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have two children - Lydia S. and Clarkson T. Mr. Moore has been Trustee of Wayne Township several years. He is a member of no society, but in religious faith is a Friend.

Robert Moore was born Feb. 13, 1808, in Lancaster County, Pa., a son of Andrew and Ann (Walker) Moore, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, and the latter of English ancestry. They were the parents of nine children, of whom only three survive - Andrew, Robert and Isaac. Mary, Asahel, Anna, Massey, Moses and Sarah, are deceased. Andrew Moore died in 1818, and his wife in 1848. They and their family were members of the Society of Friends. Robert Moore was educated in the subscription schools of Pennsylvania, and atthe age of fourteen years began learning the painter's trade. March 13, 1833, he was married to Ann Rainbo, born July 3, 1809, in Chester County, Pa., and daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Ash) Rainbo, the former of Welsh and the latter German descent. They are now deceased. Their children were - Ann, William A., Elizabeth, Nathan M., Samuel A., Rachel L., Sarah J., James R. and

Mary E., of whom the daughters only survive. Mr. Moore aud wife have three children - Ann Elizabeth, who married John Maxwell, and died, leaving two children - Robert M., and Sadie H. ; Nathan A., and Mary, wife of John M. Maxwell, of Richmond, Ind., who has one daughter, Miriam A. Mr. Moore settled in Richmond, in May, 1837, where he followed painting for many years. In 1848 he seitled on his farm, where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits more than twenty years, and has now retired from active business life. Mr. Moore and family belong to the Society of Friends. His son, Nathan Andrew Moore, was born May 3, 1838, in Richmond, Ind. He grew to manhood on his father's farm, and attended the common schools. He has followed farming through life. He was married March 12, 1873, to Anna, daughter* of Thomas and Catherine (Elliott) Gilbert, of Dublin, Wayne Co., Ind., of Welsh and English descent respectively. Her father is deceased, but her mother survives, and is an Elder in the Society of Friends. To this union were born four children - Thomas G., born Jan. 29, 1874; Robert P., May 24,1876; Ann E., Aug. 6, 1878, and Herbert N., Sept. 2, 1880. Our subject's grandfather, Robert Moore, was a native of Ireland. He emigrated to America, settling in Pennsylvania, where he was married.

Nuthan Morgan, eldest son of John and Mary (Albertson) Morgan, was born in Blackwoodtown, N. J., Oct. 9, 1792. He received a common-school education, and at the age of thirteen years he was apprenticed to Nehemiah Fowler, of Haddenstield, N. J., to learn the cabinet-maker's trade, serving tive years. He then worked at his trade several years, and in 1813 was married to Beulah Beetle, who was of English descent. They had four children - William A., a native of New Jersey, died in 1851,in Cincinnati, Ohio; Beulah A., married James Smith, died in January, 1884; Mary, born in New Jersey, and Nathan, born in Wayne County, Ind., Nov. 15, 1823. Mr. Morgan came with his family to Wayne County, Ind., in July, 1828, located in Richmond, and bought property. He settled on Pearl street, where he erected a shop and engaged in cabinet-making and under- taking until 1850, when he purchased the farm where he has since resided, one mile north of Richmond. His wife died in 1824. She belonged to the Friends' society. Mr. Morgan was again married March 7, 1827, to Margaret, daughter of David and Hannah Holloway, by whom he had six children - Hannah, wife of Thomas Woodnutt, ot Philadelphia; Charles D., attorney at law, Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind.; Elizabeth, died Nov. 7, 1851; David, of Wabash County, Ind.; Abbie, wife of E. F. Hirst, of Richmond, and John E., of Montana Territory. Mrs. Morgan died in 1876. Her parents were natives of Virginia, and after living in Waynesville and Cincinnati, Ohio, many years, settled in Richmond, Ind., in 1825, where Mr. Holloway engaged in merchandising. He died in Richmond, at the age of seventy-seven. Mrs. Holloway resided with the subject of*this sketch until her death, in her eighty-fifth year. They were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Morgan was of Welsh and English descent. His father was a Presbyterian and his mother a Friend, and he adhered to the faith of his mother.

Isaac Overman, fifth son of Nathan and Tamar (Brothers) Overman, was born Nov. 6, 1800, in Randolph County, N. C., and in 1808 came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he grew to manhood and attended the common schools. He followed farming, in Randolph County, Ind., from 1826 till 1856, inclusive, when he bought a farm and saw-mill near Williamsburg, Wayne County, where he was successfully engaged till 1876. He then rented his land and purchased property in Darke County, Ohio, where he resided till recently, since when he has made his home with his widowed sister, Mrs. Nancy Longfellow. Mr. Overman was first married in 1819 to Margaret, daughter of John Davis. She died in 1861, and he was again married to Julia A. (Mathis) Slater, widow of Ephraim Slater. She died in 1881. Mr. Overman belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, of which both his wives were also members. His sister Nancy is the sixth child of Nathan Overman, and is a native of Randolph County, Ind., being born in 1798. She was married to James Longfellow, who followed farming till his death. They had ten children - John, of Tipton County, Ind.; Tamar, deceased, wife of Eli Boswell; William, of Tipton County; Cornelius, of Richmond, Ind.; Julia A., at home; Jane, deceased, wife of Harlan Hunt; Polly, deceased wife of Jesse Hunt; Zebulon, deceased; Matilda, wife of Kinsey Mains, of Randolph County, Ind.; Albert, of Wayne County. Mrs. Longfellow is at present residing near Chester. She belongs to the New Light church. Our subject's grandfather was a native of Germany. His father came with his family to Wayne County, Ind,, in 1808, and entered a quarter-section of land east of Richmond. In 1816 he removed to Randolph County, Ind., where he followed farming till his death, at the age of sixty years. His wife died when seventy-six years of age. They belonged to the Friends' Society. Their children were - Joseph, died at ninety-two years of age; Reuben, died when sixty years old; Mabel, died when eighty years old; Cornelius, deceased at fifty-seven years; Abner, when sixtyeight years old; Nancy, widow of James Longfellow, living, in her eighty-sixth year; Isaac, our subject, aged eighty-four years; Jesse, died at ninety-two years of age; Rebecca when fifty-two years, and Zebulon when fifty-six years of age.

Joel Railsback, farmer and horticulturist, was born Jan. 29, 1808, in Wayne County, Ind. He has experienced all the phases of pioneer life, and was educated at the log-cabin subscription schools. He was married in 1830, to Elizabeth, daughter of William and Sarah Fouts, early settlers of Wayne County, from North Carolina. Of their twelve children nine are living - William, of Pendleton, Ind.. married Elizabeth McHenry; Nancy, wife of Daniel Goozykoontz, of Anderson, Ind.; David, at home; Permelia, wife of Fleming Aydlott, of Xenia, Ind.; Mary, wife of Aquilla Watkins, of Anderson, Ind.; Sarah, wife of Robert Williamson, of Wabash, Ind.; Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Pence, near Anderson, Ind.; Maria, wife of Charles Bulla, of Wayne County, Ind. Those deceased are - Lucinda, wife of Robert Grimes, who is also deceased; Larkin and Eliza. Mr. Railsback first bought land near Boston, Wayne Oounty, where he followed farming till 1837, when he sold and purchased another farm and followed horticulture and agriculture till 1852. Hethen sold his farm and removed to the place where he still resides. His farm contains 182 acres of valuable land, situated on the Newport pike, near Richmond. He has a first-class residence, and one of the best orchards in Wayne Township. His father, David Railsback, was born Dec. 12, 1769, in Rowan County, N. C., of German ancestry. Our subject's mother, Sarah (Stephens) Railsback, was born in Loudoun County, Va., in 1774, and was married in North Carolina. This couple removed with their family to Wayne County in 1807, where David Railsback followed farming through life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and died Oct. 12, 1857. His widow died a few years later. She belonged to the Baptist church. They reared twelve children to maturity, five of whom were born in Wayne County. Those living are - Judith, widow of Thomas Cobb; Caleb, married Nancy Barnhills, and resides in Marshall County, Ind.; Joel, the eighth child; David, married Mary Smith, and is living in Wayne County; Mary, Enoch, Edward, William, Matthew (twin to Caleb), Nathan, John and Sarah.

William C. Rich, youngest living son of Joseph and Margery (Cox) Rich, was born June 24, 1830, on the farm where he resides. He was educated in the common schools, and in 1854 was married to Margaret, daughter of John and Mary (Allred) Duke, of Wayne County, Ind. They have seven children - Francis M., Willis D., Emeline (wife of Horace Ratliff, of Wayne County), Joseph, May, Oscar and Anna M. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Rich began farming on a portion of the homestead, and soon owned the entire farm. He then purchased land lying south and east, and now owns the Roberts farm, for which he paid $6,000. He has followed farming and stock-raising with success, and has his lands highly cultivated, and his residence is one of the best in West Wayne Township. In politics he isa Republican, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Our subject's parents were born, reared and married in Randolph County, N. ©., and in 1821 came to Wayne County, Ind., where Joseph Rich built a saw-mill which he operated a few years. He then bought 160 acres of land where William Rich resides. He died at the age of seventy years, and his wife at the age of sixty-eight years. They had eight chil- dren, four still living - Abijah, Polly, Daniel and William C. Jane, Reuben, Henry and Martha are deceased. Mrs. Rich's father was born in 1808 in North Carolina, and came to Wayne County, Ind., in 1834. He was married in 1834 to Mary Allred, born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1816. Their children are - Seramiss (deceased), Margaret, George W., Rhuhama, Ann E., James K., Serepta, Dora, Thomas (deceased) and John S.

Jesse Starr, eldest son of John and Mary (Willitts) Starr, was born March 24, 1816, in Berks County, Pa., where his parents were born, reared and married. In 1819 they settled in Preble County, Ohio, residing there till 1832, when they settled in Wayne County, Ind., on the farm now owned by our subject. John Starr was a successful farmer and business man, and he and wife belonged to the Society of Friends till their death. They were the parents of four sons and three daughters, all deceased except our subject. He was reared on his father's farm and received a common-school education, and afterward attended the Richmond high school six months. In 1846 he was married to Sarah M., daughter of Joel and Hannah Mathews, who came to Wayne County in 1834, remaining till their death. They were members of the Society of Friends. They had eight children, all living except Benjamin Mathews, who was a soldier in the Sixtyninth Indiana Infantry, and died soon after reaching home in 1863, from disease contracted in the army. Mr. and Mrs. Starr have had nine children, of whom five survive - Mary, wife of A. L. Hampton, of Richmond; John, married Alice Brannon, and resides in Richmond; Edward, married Emma Cook and lives on the homestead, and Joel E. and Carrie at home. Henrietta, William, Libbie and Hannah are deceased. Mr. Starr is a Republican in polities, and he and wife are members. of the Society of Friends.

John Suffrain, deceased, was born in France, and at the age of eleven years enlisted in the French service and served ona war vessel two and a half years, when he returned home. He was, soon after his return, pressed into service and was at sea eleven years, and two and a half years during that time he was blockaded at the Island of Malta, being many times near starvation. He, in company with some others, attempted to escape by night, but was captured by General Nelson, but were soon after exchanged. He fought at the battle of the Nile, and was made prisoner by the English, but made his escape by swimming two and a half miles, with his bundle of clothing on his back, when he was picked up by a French vessel. In 1802 he was sick with yellow tever and was left at San Domingo. On recovering he came to Philadelphia, intending to return to France, but liking the place so weli he remained till 1836. He then removed to Richmond, Ind., residing there till his death, which occurred Sept. 13, 1855, in his eightieth year.

Fleming Wasson was born in Bourbon County, Ky., Jan. 1, 1807, and was taken to Preble County, Ohio, when an infant, where he was reared and educated in the log-cabin subscription schools. At the age of nineteen he began working for John Chayes and Dudley Andrews, pork packers and dealers in boat supplies, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He superintended their packing a number of years, and during the summer season was engaged in their store, remaining with the firm twelve years. For twenty consecutive winters he was superintendent of W. Coleman's slaughter-bouse in Cincinnati. He superintended the same business at Princeton, [nd., Nashville, Tenn., and other places till 1855, when he, in connection with Brown and Morrow, engaged in slaughtering and packing in Richmond, Ind., superintending the business four years. He also managed thesame business in Richmond for Vanneman, Reed & Co. He superintended the packing for George Ellis & Oo., of Anderson, Ind., fur five years, and for Colonel Slute, of Marion, Ind., some time. Since retiring from the business he has followed agricultural pursuits on the farm entered by his grandfather in 1806. He was married April 10, 1834, to Priscilla, daughter of Eli and Dorcas (Brice) Minor, both now deceased. Mrs. Wasson died in November, 1860. Of the twelve children born to this union six survive - Fanny; Josephine, wife of Sanders Widup, of Kosciusko County, Ind.; Minor B., of Wayne County; George W., of Nebraska; Emma, wife of J. F. Parsons, of Danville, Ind.; and Louise K. Those deceased are - John,

Willie, Harry, and three who died unnamed. Mr. Wasson was made a member of Bolivar Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Richmond. His grandfather, Joseph Wasson, was born and reared in South Carolina,and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, where he received seven wounds. He subsequently removed to Bourbon County, Ky., and in 1806 settled in Wayne County, Ind., where he entered a quarter-section of land which is now owned by our subject. He died at an advanced age. Our subject's father, David Wasson, was born in South Carolina, and was married in Kentucky to Elizabeth Fleming, and to them were born six ehildren - John, Fleming, Milos (deceased), Martha (deceased), James and Sally. He came with his father to Indiana in 1806, and in 1808 removed with his family to New Paris, Ohio, and followed farming till his death, at the age of forty-two years. After her husband's death our subject's mother was married to Jonathan Matchett, by whom she had one son - David J. She died in Wayne County aged fifty-five years.

Henry Linwood Wetherald was born in Boynton, Yorkshire, England, Dec. 4, 1812, and when six years old came with his parents, George and Joana (Linwood) Wettierald, to America, locating in Concord, Chester Co., Pa. When thirteen years of age he began working for farmers for $4 per month, continuing this till he was seventeen years old. Having saved all his earnings, he went to Wilmington, Del., and served an apprenticeship at the blacksmith's trade. He only attended school nine months, but by devoting all his leisure hours to study he has acquired a limited education. The parties to whom he loaned his wages partially failed, and at the end of his apprenticeship he was lett almost destitute. In 1833 he came to Richmond, Ind., and followed his trade till 1837, after which he carried on general blacksmithing in Connersville, Ind., till 1851. He built a saw and grist-mill in Connersville in 1845, and also was engaged in the mercantile business. In 1851 he sold his Connersville property and removed to Thorntown, Boon Co., Ind., where he bought a farm and erected a saw and grist mill run by water-power, where he did both merchant and custom work, and a merchant mill operated by steam, and carried on a successful business until 1863, when he sold his property. He purchased land in Wayne County, and engaged in farming and stock-dealing, and in 1864 he bought a half interest in the Quaker City Mills, of Richmond, where he was associated with Ezra Hill three years. During this time he purchased the foundry at Connersville, Ind., which he converted into a grain elevator. He soon after, with his son, Edgar K., and son-in-law, P. B.Wood, bought the Hydraulic Mills, and sometime later he sold his interest in the mill to the remaining partners. In 1869 he bought an interest in a mill at Beatrice, Neb., of which he soon became sole proprietor, and which he soon after sold to his children. He also erected an elevator for grain at this place. He then built a mill in Thayer County, Neb., at a cost of about $20,000, where he carried on a large custom work. In 1835 Mr. Wetherald was married to Ann, daughter of Mark and Mary Kirby, of Wayne County. To this union were born nine children - Mary, wife of P. B. Woods, of Connersville, Ind.; Edgar, of the firm of H. L. Wetherald & Sons, Hydraulic Mills, Connersville; Amanda, widow of A. E. Gordon, who represented Boon County, Ind., in the Legislature two terms; Emily, deceased; Newton T., died at Connersville; Henry, enlisted in the Fortieth Regiment Indiana Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ga.; Oscar, belonged to the same command, and died at Nashville, Tenn., soon after the battle at that place; Charley and Frank, proprietors of Hebron Mills, Neb. Mrs. Wetherald died Nov. 20, 1875, and July 18, 1883, Mr. Wetherald married Mrs. Mahala Frybarger, of Connersville, and daughter of William W. and Jane Dixon Wilson, who came to Fayette County, Ind., in 1831. Mr. Wetherald has been very successful in most of his undertakings. He now owns 1,000 acres of fine lands in Nebraska; thirteen town lots and a grain elevator in Beatrice, Neb.; twenty lots in Hebron, Neb.; eight in Fanbury, Jefferson Co., Neb.; thirty-five acres adjoining Hebron, Neb.; a small agricultural farm in Wayne County, Ind., and ten lots in Indianapolis, Ind. He is a member of the Friends' society, and Mrs. Wetherald is a member of the Presbyterian church.

James White, second son of Joseph and Alice (Clawson) White, was born July 18, 1825, in Wayne County, Ind. He was reared to piuncer life, receiving only a limited education. He was married in 1856, to Anna T., daughter of John and Alice (League) Steddom, of Warren County, Ohio. She. is a descendant of the Furnas family, of Standing Stone, Cumberland Co., England. Her parents were pioneer settlers of Warren County, Ohio, and her father was one of the wealthiest men in that county. They had fivesons and six daughters, all living except one. Mrs. White is the youngest child and was born Feb. 28, 1829. Her parents are deceased. To Mr. White and wife have been born six children - Sarah Josephine, Charles S., Ellen S., Joseph Selden, Albert F. (deceased), and Hettie P. The three eldest children were educated at Earlham College. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Society of Orthodox Friends, and in polities Mr. White is a Republican. He has followed agricultural pursuits through life, being at present engaged in farming, stock-raising and horticulture. He takes great interest in raising fine stock, and is one of the leading horticulturists of Wayne Township. He was for several years engaged in the dairy business near Richmond, under the name of Pyle and White, Greenway Dairy. Our subject's father was born in Kentucky, in 1800, where his father died and he came with his mother to Wayne County, Ind., in 1808, where she entered a tract of land near the present village of Middleboro, and died at the age of eighty-one years. Joseph White experienced all the phases of pioneer life and in 1821 was married to Alice Clawson, who was born in North Carolina in 1799, and died at the age of seventy-five years. Joseph White died when sixty-eight years old. They belonged to the Society of Friends. Of their ten children, six sons and two daughters survive. .